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Description

This is an opportunity to create and develop new beverages for Starbucks. Our over-arching purpose within R&D is to ignite innovation and co-create to bring the future of Starbucks to life today. We are the indisputable leader in breakthrough beverage innovation, delivering relevant experiences and meaningful moments for customers and partners. This posting is for a contractor role in beverage R&D, for the creation and optimization of beverages for our cafés and/or alternate business channels across the globe. Come be a part of our team and help create amazing Starbucks experiences!

Key projects/Responsibilities:

+ Leading project for cost optimization and product development.

+ Utilize data and insights, create and translate culinary concepts into food and beverage recipes and/or products that can be manufactured to deliver on product and operational requirements.

+ Under supervision, apply technical knowledge to manage low complexity manufacturing trials, including writing of trial protocol and summaries.

+ Under supervision, apply technical knowledge and project learnings to create product specifications.

+ Apply initial understanding of business metrics and operating models to project plans and utilize knowledge of project strategy and goals to design workplans with guidance.

+ Complete assigned projects and adapt to changing priorities with agility.

+ Apply basic understanding of trends and customer insights to create relevant products that will drive the business forward, with support from others.

+ Contribute to decision making by using data and information from multiple sources to formulate recommendations and inform on level of risk, unknowns and options.

+ Utilize logic and learnings for basic problem solving, navigate formal and informal channels cross functionally and with vendors to support the resolution of issues with guidance.

+ Demonstrate interpersonal skills and build relationships within the functional organization.

+ Provide clear written and oral communication to convey ideas, insights and project updates and achieve understanding of technical issues by non-technical partners, with guidance.

+ Collaborate, influence, and support within the team and cross-functional peers.

Core Values:

+ Customer Focus: Delivers legendary service that meets and exceeds all customers’ expectations.

+ Ethics and Integrity: Adheres to Starbucks values, beliefs and principles during good & bad times.

+ Composure: Remains calm, maintains perspective and responds in a professional manner when faced with tough situations.

+ Personal Learning: Takes personal responsibility for the continuous learning of new knowledge, skills and experiences.

+ Dealing with Ambiguity: Able to successfully function during times of uncertainty and changing priorities.

+ Decision-Making: Makes timely and quality decisions based on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience and judgment.

+ Interpersonal Savvy: Builds effective relationships with all people; up, down and sideways, inside and outside of Starbucks.

+ Results Oriented: Gets results and achieves goals.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Technology Requirements:

+ Basic Lab Equipment (PH, solids, standard stuff)

+ Standard Microsoft Suite

Degree or certifications required:

+ Degree in food science or another related field

Years experience:

+ No minimum level of experience

Required background :

+ Knowledge of sensory, experimental design, statistics, and consumer research methodologies

+ CoOp or intern in the food industry will be an excellent fit

+ Knowledge of food and beverage technology, ingredient functionalities, chemistry, or engineering including processing and manufacturing

+ Knowledge of beverage ingredients such as sauces, syrups, dry mixes, dairy, aseptic, toppings.

+ Knowledge of development and scale up of food and beverage products

+ Knowledge of food quality control, safety and microbiology

+ Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional team

+ Ability to work in a matrixed environment

+ Strong problem solving and communication skills, written and verbal

Nice-to-Haves:

+ Food processing or production background (even as an internship)

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $29.00 - $31.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Seattle,WA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on May 27, 2025.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email [email protected] (%[email protected]) for other accommodation options.